Base entry for the Digimon SeriesFranchise. A set of BondCreatures''/''{{Mons}} series involving multiple media including anime, video games, and manga. All of it based off of the DistaffCounterpart of the Tamagotchi.

First was ''DigimonAdventure'', consisting of a group of children getting TrappedInAnotherWorld, in this case {{Cyberspace}}, where each was partnered with a digimon. Each digimon would grow stronger and gain the ability to evolve (''shinka'', but the dub used "digivolve" in order not to step on ''{{Pokemon}}'''s toes) into a stronger form as their human partners learned important [[AnAesop lessons about themselves.]] ''Bad things'' happened when the humans regressed emotionally.

''DigimonAdventure02'' timeskipped forward three years, and had the kids of the original as [[OlderAndWiser mentors]] to a younger set, including the two youngest from last season.

''DigimonTamers'' takes place in an AlternateUniverse. Much darker in tone, it was comparable to ''SerialExperimentsLain'' (they share a head writer) or ''NeonGenesisEvangelion''.

''DigimonFrontier'' abandoned the concept of humans partnering with Digimon, and had them able to [[VoluntaryShapeshifting turn into]] Digimon. Otherwise, it seems to be a throwback to ''Adventure'': a bunch of kids lost in another dimension and they can't get home until they save it, and happily, they manage to sort out their various problems along the way.

''DigimonSavers'' came out in 2006, targeted toward the people that had watched ''Digimon'' as kids and the basic set-up seems to be a throwback to ''Tamers.'' The dub was named ''Digimon Data Squad''.

There was also a CGI MadeForTVMovie, ''Digimon X-Evolution'', in 2005.

The first Digimon manga was the one-shot ''C'mon Digimon''. The first appearance of the [[{{Cyberspace}} Digital World]], and [[GogglesDoNothing goggles]], came in ''Digimon Adventure V-Tamer 01''. The most recent manga is ''Digimon Next''.

From China, there are (much compressed) manhua adaptations of the first four anime, and ''Digimon D-Cyber''. And in America, DarkHorseComics did an adaptation of the first few episodes of ''DigimonAdventure''.

Following the original virtual pet, video games have been released for the Playstation, Playstation 2, Wonderswan, Gameboy Advance, and Nintendo DS. The games starring CanonImmigrant Ryo Akiyama were never released in the west.

Also see the [[Characters/{{Digimon}} character sheet.]]

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!!These series contain examples of:
* AllThereInTheManual - A significant portion of the mythology of the series must be pieced together from the anime, video games, and manga.
* AnimeThemeSong - Most by Wada Kouji or [=AiM=].
* BishonenLine - Many prominent Digimon, both good and evil, are humanoid in their more powerful forms. Some go back and forth.
* {{Bizarrchitecture}} - an upside-down pyramid building. The Digital World in general has no need to conform to the laws of physics or logic.
* ByThePowerOfGreyskull
* CallingYourAttacks - Every time. ''Tamers'' features the humans doing this as well as the Digimon with the Card Slash feature. ''Savers'' actually had to have the BridgeBunnies call their partners' attacks, as they were [[TheVoiceless mute]].
** Invocation
* CanonImmigrant - Akiyama Ryou, who appears in both ''02'' and ''Tamers'' but stars in the games.
* ChestBlaster
* CosmicKeystone
* CrowningMomentOfAwesome
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome (Most of the battle songs are pretty badass.)
* CuteMonsterGirl - Sometimes played straight, sometimes averted, with both "sexy" and "monstrous" female Digimon.
* {{Cyberspace}} - The Digital World
* DarkIsNotEvil - 'Virus-Type Is Not Evil', most prominently in hotblooded but goodhearted Guilmon.
* DeadlyUpgrade / Dark Evolution - Rationalized as a potential 'natural' variation but caused by extensively bad vibes if this happens with Digimon who have partners/tamers.
* DisneyDeath: All seasons except for ''Tamers'' have a village where previously 'killed' Digimon are reborn, making [[KilledOffForReal actual death]] an absolute impossibility for those who do the bulk of the fighting. What would happen to a human who dies in the Digital World isn't certain.
** Savers took this trope and subverted it to great lengths in the second arc.
** Tamers' third act was more or less instigated by its subversion of this trope.
* DubInducedPlotHole (The evolutionary levels were changed from "Baby 1", "Baby 2", "Child" and "Adult" to something more threatening in the dub. Then came the "Perfect" level, which the dub changed to "Ultimate". Guess which level comes next? "Ultimate". The confusion has led purists and dubbies alike to use "Perfect" and "Mega", never calling ''anything'' "Ultimate" to avoid mixing people up.)
* DyingAsYourself
* ExpositoryThemeTune (''"Change into digital champions to save the digital world..."'')
* {{Expy}} (The leaders of every incarnation's team resemble each other in apperance, and most of them have similar typical shonen hero personalities. Takato is an exception being somewhat more subdued, and being quite a bit more obviously introspective.)
** Not to mention Guilmon, who is a quite obvious expy of Agumon. Both are fire-breathing dragons which become larger versions of themselves, said larger version becomes coated in armor, and finally a slightly more humanoid warrior version. Slightly justified in that Takato designed Guilmon and had seen the previous seasons on TV, so he likely drew inspiration from Agumon.
*** Actually Toei Animation has confirmed that the people from the Tamers universe did NOT watch Adventure/02, but a variant of their own Digimon. (Otherwise the term "tamers" wouldn't exist. Takato muttering "Digi-Armor...Energize..." in his sleep was a dialogue error.)
* FetishFuel (the FurryFandom is quite fond of Flamedramon and Renamon...)
* TheFourGods (Qinglongmon/Azulongmon the Azure Dragon, Zhuqiaomon the Vermillion Phoenix, Xuanwumon/Ebonwumon the Black Turtle, and Baihumon the White Tiger. Azulongmon appears in ''Adventure 02'', while the others are only mentioned. All four star in ''Tamers''.)
** There's actually a fifth "god," Huanglongmon/Fanglongmon[[http://wikimon.net/Fanglongmon]] the Yellow Dragon (see the trope page). But he's never referenced in the anime.
* GogglesDoNothing (Aside from [[DigimonSavers Masaru/Marcus]], every team's leader wears a pair on their head.)
** And subverted by Takato who uses his goggles to protect against the digital field.
* GoldilocksAndTheMinesOfMoria
* GratuitousEnglish (Almost all attacks are in English.)
* HeyItsThatVoice (''Lots'' of actors have played multiple characters on ''both'' sides of the Pacific.)
*IAmHeroHearMeRoar
*IdiotHero
* ImageSong
* TheImp (Demidevimon/Picodevimon in ''Adventure''; Impmon, of course, in ''Tamers'')
* InTheEndYouAreOnYourOwn
* KillerRabbit (Many Digimon are cute but deadly)
* LullDestruction - ''Constantly''. The ending to the first episode of ''Tamers'' is rendered nonsensical by it.
* MechanicalMonster (An entire class/family of them (Metal Empire) and various cyborgs besides)
* NoBodyLeftBehind
* NoExportForYou (The Ryo games and the AU manga. All we got in the West were different adaptations of the anime.)
* NonindicativeName: Why are the ones that look like bees called Flymon?
* OnlyTheAuthorCanSaveThemNow
* ParentsAsPeople (Lots of examples of parents making a decision with the best intentions, but being horribly, ''horribly'' wrong--or even just reacting to something badly-yet-understandably-so.)
* PostCyberpunk
* PurelyAestheticGender (Despite the fact that Digimon may look male (Such as [[{{Monster Clown}} Piedmon]]) or female (Such as [[{{Fetish Fuel}} Ladydevimon]]), because they are all made of data, they simply appear as they do. No Digimon actually has a true gender.)
** Didn't stop the Numemon or Sukamon from hitting on Mimi..
** Or the Shippers.
*** It's more accurate to say that Digimon do not have sex (biological distinctions for reproductive purposes) but do have gender (social and personal distinctions based on how males and females define themselves).
* RetCon (Overlapping with AllThereInTheManual: the CD dramas included little things like Mimi being present for 9/11, his brother Shuu being the person Jou was on the phone with in the PilotMovie, and Miyako's "YamatoNadeshiko Panic!" song, but it also completely threw out the second ''DigimonTamers'' movie, by [[spoiler:not having the Tamers reunite with their partners. [[OrIsIt Or did they?]] Later, perhaps? We don't know.]])
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter (Most Digimon in the early stages, though there are a few exceptions with later forms being adorable--Kenta's little pink partner is Marine Angemon, a ''Mega'' level!)
* RunningGag (Subverted. Leomon always dies, preferably by HeroicSacrifice, and it's always played for tragedy. ''DigimonFrontier'' escapes this by having the heroes kill a Panja/[=IceLeomon=] instead, and ''DigimonSavers'' lulls the viewer into a false sense of security by killing a [=SaberLeomon=] about a quarter of the way in, [[spoiler:only to throw [[SinkOrSwimMentor BanchouLeomon]] onto the viewer later...]] ''The very first scene'' of X-Evolution is of Leomon dying!)
** Not quite. ''Frontier'' had [[spoiler:Kouichi]], whose Digimon forms were lion-themed. Then again, [[spoiler:he didn't quite die, either, although it seemed that way.]]
* SortingAlgorithmOfEvil: [[TheObiWan Gennai]]: "[villain name here] was not the true enemy!"
* SpecialGuest: Terry Bradshaw. Yes, the NFL's Terry Bradshaw. He used to host a Digithon (digimon marathon) on FoxKids. Not only that, it was a ''Super Bowl'' themed marathon, in which Bradshaw would provide commentary in-between episodes.
* {{Synchronization}}
* TheAce: Ryo.
* TheLancer: There's one in every team, who generally doesn't get along with the leader.
* TitleThemeTune - Dub only; used across series. Gets repetitive. (Though presumably due to legal wrangling, it hasn't been used since ''Tamers'')
* TransformationSequence - And how.
** IAmHeroHearMeRoar
** StockFootage
** TransformationIsAFreeAction - Normally, but Infermon averts it to great effect in the first movie.
***This is actually quite interesting because we get to see what a Digimon looks like while it's transforming, "outside" of the sequence.
* VoiceOfTheLegion
* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Several members of the main cast(s) seem remarkably mature or intelligent for their ages.

See each series page for series-specific tropes.
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